Deerfield Beach road rage suspect charged in murder

One of two men wounded by a driver they confronted in a recent road rage incident has died, and authorities have charged the survivor with felony murder.

Edward Borowsky, 28, of Cooper City, died Monday at North Broward Medical Center from two gunshot wounds he received last Thursday during the dispute, officials at the Broward Sheriff's Office said. The other man with Borowsky at the time of the shooting, Steven Lonzisero, 43, of Cooper City, is being held at the Broward County Jail.

The driver who investigators say shot the men, Hygens Labidou, 49, of Wellington, has not been charged, said Mike Jachles, a Sheriff's Office spokesman. Jachles added that the State Attorney's Office will determine whether to rule the shooting a self-defense situation, in which case Labidou likely would not face any charges.

The shooting happened about 1 p.m. at the intersection of Green and Powerline roads, in Deerfield Beach.

That afternoon, Lonzisero was driving a pickup truck north on Powerline with Borowsky and Lonzisero's 15-year-old daughter as passengers, officials said.

The men became enraged at the driver of a flat-bed truck, and Lonzisero pulled in front of the flat-bed driven by Labidou, stopped the car, and both men stepped out while the teen stayed in the pickup, officials said.

Borowsky brought a knife and both men berated Labidou, shouting racial slurs and trying to unlock his driver's side door, Jachles said.

Labidou pulled out a handgun and fired, wounding them, Jachles said.

Labidou, who officials said has a permit to carry the gun, and at least one witness then called 911.

Shouting and admittedly nervous, Labidou in a 911 recording can be heard telling an operator that he had shot two men and that both were on the ground in need of paramedics. Lonzisero was treated at North Broward for wounds and booked into the county jail the next day.

Investigators have recommended to the State Attorney's Office that Lonzisero be charged under the state's hate crime statute, officials said.